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NITEDQ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THEGORHAIWI AMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TOP FOR FLASKS OR SIMILAR ARTICLES.y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 613,850, datedNovember 8, 1898.

Application filed July 23, 1397. Serial No. @15,727. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tops for Flasks or Similar Articles; and I hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in the ornamental topsused on flasks; and it consists in the peculiar construction of and inthe combination of the parts, as will be more fully set forthhereinafter.

The object of the invention is to provide a top for a l'lask or bottleby the use of which the flask may be tightly closed without danger ofleaking and which when desired may be locked, so that it cannot beopened by unauthorized persons.

Figure lis a side View of top, and Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view'ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the parts below the hingedcover, showing the latch in side View. Fig. 4 is a plan view of thegraduated ring as seen from below. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the lowerlocking-ring.

In the drawings, A indicates the cylindrical tube, provided with theenlarged socket a, by which it is secured to the flask, bottle, or otherreceptacle. Its open end extends above the hinge by which the top issecured and forms a projecting outlet from which liquid can be pouredmore conveniently than when the outlet is at the hinged joint.

B is an annular ring provided with the stud The ring B is loose on thetube A.

C is an annular ring provided with the vertical slot c. This annularring C is secured to the socket a by solder. Resting on the annular ringC is the annular ring D, having the beaded rim d, projecting beyond thering C, the annular shoulder d', itting loosely the 'inside of the ringC, and the shoulder cl2,

which extends inside of the stud b to the ring B. The shoulder d' hasthe recess cl3, and the annular surface of the ring has the projectingstud d4.

E is the annular hinge-ring. It has the eye e, to which the latch F ispivotally secured, and the hinge e', to which the annular ringsupporting the cover is secured.

The cover consists of the head H, made in the form of a knob or anyother desired form,

the cylindrical neck l, the annular iiange K,

above the hinged'ring G, the annular flange L below the hinged ring G,and the cylindrical cams M on the inner side of the cylindrical neck.The upper end of the cylinder A has the conical cam-piece N secured toit. The interior of the head H is filled with any suitable material, andits lower lsurface is faced with an elastic packing-disk, preferably ofcork.

In closing or opening the head His turned in the hinged ring G to bringone of the cams M under the cam N or turn the cam away from the same. Byturning the head to bring the cam M under the cam N sufficient strain isexerted to bring the outlet end of the cylindrical base A tightlyagainst the disk N, and therefore an absolutely tight joint is secured.

When it is desired to lock the top, so as to prevent the unauthorizedopening of the re ceptacle, the annular ring D is turned until the studd4 engages with the stud b and turns the annular ring B to bring thenotch b opi posite the vertical slot c' in the fixed ring C. The annularring D is now turned back until the notch d3 is also opposite thevertical slot in the ring C, The end F of the latch F is now pushed intothe two notches d3 and b. The annular ring D is turned until the stud d4engages with the stud b and turns the annular ring sufficiently to bringthe peripheral surface of both the rings B and D against the face of theend F of the latch F and the hook F2 over the annular flange K. The headH may now be turned around to release the pressure of the cams, but thehook F2 of the latch F holds the head from being opened.

As the notches b and d3 cannot be seen a mark is placed on the beadededge d of the annular ring D, known to the owner or one initiated, andthe annular ring C is graduated and marked, so that by turning the ringD until the mark is opposite the mark on the ring C the notch b will beopposite the vertical slot c and the end F of the latch. By now turningthe ring D so that the mark is opposite another mark of the graduationon the IOO ring C the notch cl3 will also be opposite the vertical slotc' in the `ring C, and the'lower end F' of the latch F can be pushed toswing the hook F2 away from the flange K and allow the head to swingback on the hinge, so that the contents may be poured out.

By changing the positions of the studs b and d4 on the respectiveannular rings D and B a great variety of combinations can be made, sothat each top will materially differ from every other and, unless thecombination of each is known, cannot be opened.

Havu g thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a top for a flask or similar article, thecombination with a tube-adapted to be secured to a ilask, a hinge-ringsecured midway the vertical length of the tube, a head provided With anelastic disk and having a neck surrounding the upper end of the tube androtatably secured in a hinged ring, and cams secured to the upper end ofthe tube and the inside of the neck, of the annular ring D having thenotch d3 and stud d4, the annular ring B having the notch Z2' and thestud b, the graduated ring C having the slot c and the latch F; wherebythe outlet is sealed by the rotation of the head and the head locked bythe rotation of the annular ring D, sub; stantially in the manner andfor the purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER. Vitnesses:

JOSEPH A. MILLER, JOSEPH A. MILLER, J r.

